Tracks
Side A
- 11986Rhymin & Stealin4:08G♯ minor
- 21986The New Style4:36F major
- 31986She's Crafty3:35F minor
- 41986Posse In Effect2:26F♯ minor
- 51986Slow Ride2:57B minor
- 61986Girls2:13
- 71986Dutch Top 40: peak position 10 in week 16 of 1987, 7 weeks in the chartFight For Your Right3:29D♯ major
Side B
- 11986Dutch Top 40: peak position 22 in week 30 of 1987, 5 weeks in the chartNo Sleep Till Brooklyn4:07D♯ major
- 21986Paul Revere3:41A♯ major
- 31986Hold It Now, Hit It3:26C minor
- 41986Brass Monkey2:37C♯ minor
- 51985Slow And Low3:38D♯ minor
- 61986Time To Get Ill3:40A♯ minor
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Licensed To Ill
Licensed To Ill sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 131 bpm.
Quietest track: Slow Ride · most energetic: No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Across 13 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The three members of Beastie Boys around the time of Licensed To Ill, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Adam Yauch
Mike D
Adam Horovitz19801985199019952000200520102015Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was Licensed To Ill by Beastie Boys released?
Licensed To Ill came out in 1986.
How many tracks are on Licensed To Ill?
Licensed To Ill has 13 tracks, 45 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Licensed To Ill made the Dutch Top 40?
Two tracks from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Fight For Your Right and No Sleep Till Brooklyn. The highest was Fight For Your Right, at number 10 in week 16 of 1987.
Which category is Licensed To Ill in?
Licensed To Ill is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Beastie Boys.
Who was in Beastie Boys when Licensed To Ill came out?
In 1985 and 1986, Beastie Boys consisted of Adam Yauch, Mike D and Adam Horovitz. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Licensed To Ill mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Licensed To Ill?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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